Perth Glory’s good form continued in the long distance derby, following a 2-1 win against a lacklustre Wellington Phoenix.
The visitors were on the front foot from the outset and they got a deserved breakthrough when Richard Garcia split two defenders, burst into the box and laid on an inch-perfect pass for Andy Keogh to fire home from close range.
Wellington huffed and puffed in the second half, although they failed to test Ante Covic with any credible efforts.
On 74 minutes they doubled their advantage put the game to bed when Chris Harold sprinted through one-on-one and his shot directly at Glen Moss was bundled into the onrushing Diego Castro, who finished off into an empty net.
As the game petered out, Tom Doyle scored a stunning strike in the dying moments of the match but it was too little too late for the home side.
The victory sees Perth remain in fifth, only four points off second place with three games remaining, while Wellington sit ninth with a point adrift of Newcastle Jets.
Here are some of the best reactions from Twitter:
Harold that pace is just filthy.. fantastic run #WELvPER
— Milaan Kousari (@milaankousari) March 20, 2016
Honestly think that the glory could roll anyone in the comp right now. #WELvPER
— mr angryfinger (@Angryfinger) March 20, 2016
Perth looking now a real dark horse for the Championship #WELvPER
— Peter Ivancic (@petiv3) March 20, 2016
Sorry. Not one WgtnPhoenixFC player deserves more than 5 out of 10. Woeful. #WELvPER
— Tony Mc (@tonymc589) March 20, 2016
Flat, lacking heart and ideas going forward ? what's happened to our Phoenix? #WELvPER
— Lisa Gibson (@Gibstar13) March 20, 2016
Winning comfortably in Wellington. This is strange… #WELvPER
— Aaron Camm (@AaronCamm) March 20, 2016
Gotta wonder what this glory side could've achieved had they been together from Rd1 #WELvPER
— Simon Mattiaccio (@smatt1616) March 20, 2016
Business like performance by the lads taking 3 valuable points away from home & now off to @NewcastleJetsFC for next game #GoGlory #WELvPER
— Peter Filopoulos (@peterfilopoulos) March 20, 2016
Some strike by Doyle. Pedestrian effort there by Perth's defence, but jeez did he punish them. #WELvPER
— Justin Civitillo (@JC_Kazama) March 20, 2016
Home results this year: 0-0, 1-3, 0-1, 2-1, 0-4, 1-2. One win and 5 losses and 4 goals scored and 11 against #aleague #WELvPER
— Kyle (@kyle_barnes15) March 20, 2016
Keogh now scored in his last 6 games. Record is 7:
Andy Harper 1994 Marconi
Damian Mori 1994-95 Adel City
Mark Janko 2015 Sydney FC#WELvPER— andrew howe (@AndyHowe_statto) March 20, 2016
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